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50 Most Influential Physician Executives – 2016

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    The 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives program (previously 50 Most Influential Physicians Executives and Leaders) honors physicians working in the healthcare industry who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact. It took power to make reform happen; now, it will take influential leaders to make reform work. 

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    Rank: 1

    Robert Califf

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Rank: 2

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank: 3

    Patrick Conway

    Deputy administrator for innovation and quality, chief medical officer

    CMS

    Rank: 4

    Robert Wachter

    Professor and interim chairman, Department of Medicine

    University of California at San Francisco

    Rank: 5

    Toby Cosgrove

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank: 6

    DR. Richard Migliori

    Executive VP of medical affairs and chief medical officer

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank: 7

    DR. David Torchiana

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank: 8

    DR. Benjamin Chu

    Incoming president and CEO

    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Rank: 9

    Dr. David Feinberg

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank: 10

    Dr. Jonathan Perlin

    President of clinical services and chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank: 11

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank: 12

    David Shulkin

    Undersecretary for health

    Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank: 13

    Steven Safyer

    CEO

    Montefiore Health System

    Rank: 14

    Rodney Hochman

    President and CEO

    Providence Health and Services

    Rank: 15

    Prem Reddy

    Chairman and CEO, Prime Healthcare Services

    Prime Healthcare Services

    Rank: 16

    Roy Beveridge

    Chief medical officer

    Humana

    Rank: 17

    Atul Gawande

    Surgeon, professor, writer, researcher

    Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

    Rank: 18

    Charles Sorenson

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank: 19

    Elizabeth Nabel

    President

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Rank: 20

    Mark Chassin

    President and CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank: 21

    Eric Topol

    Chief academic officer, Scripps Health; director, Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Scripps Health

    Rank: 22

    Vivek Murthy

    U.S. surgeon general

    Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service

    Rank: 23

    Peter Pronovost

    Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality; senior VP for patient safety and quality.

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank: 24

    Ram Raju

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank: 25

    Bruce Siegel

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank: 26

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank: 27

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank: 28

    Humayun Chaudhry

    President and CEO

    Federation of State Medical Boards

    Rank: 29

    Richard Gilfillan

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank: 30

    Tejal Gandhi

    President and CEO

    National Patient Safety Foundation

    Rank: 31

    Penny Wheeler

    President and CEO

    Allina Health

    Rank: 32

    J. Mario Molina

    President and CEO

    Molina Healthcare

    Rank: 33

    Thomas Frieden

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank: 34

    David Pryor

    EVP and chief clinical officer

    Ascension Health

    Rank: 35

    David Blumenthal

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank: 36

    Victor Dzau

    President

    National Academy of Medicine

    Rank: 37

    Troyen Brennan

    EVP and chief health officer

    CVS Health

    Rank: 38

    Craig Samitt

    Chief clinical officer

    Anthem

    Rank: 39

    Kenneth Davis

    President and CEO

    Mount Sinai Health System

    Rank: 40

    Lynn Simon

    President of clinical services and chief quality officer

    Community Health Systems

    Rank: 41

    Francis Crosson

    Chairman

    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

    Rank: 42

    William Roper

    CEO, UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    UNC Health Care System

    Rank: 43

    Susan Turney

    CEO

    Marshfield Clinic Health System

    Rank: 44

    James Madara

    Executive VP and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank: 45

    Craig Thompson

    President and CEO

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Rank: 46

    William Conway

    Executive VP and chief quality officer, Henry Ford Health System; CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank: 47

    Lynn Massingale

    Co-founder and executive chairman

    TeamHealth

    Rank: 48

    Ronald DePinho

    President

    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Rank: 49

    Karen DeSalvo

    National coordinator for health information technology

    HHS

    Rank: 50

    David Bailey

    President and CEO

    Nemours

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